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Source: For these charts, death certificates for
decedents that died in one of the
23 U.S. states between 1999 and 2007 were the source of age (ages 18-90),
race (black, white), gender, usual occupation and industry and
cause of death. PMRs were calculated with all races and genders combined
to evaluate the mortality patterns for 23 site-specific cancers
and 17 cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, diabetes, and renal diseases for
the larger industries in each of ten sectors: agriculture, forestry,
fishing; mining; oil and gas; construction; manufacturing, wholesale & retail trade;
transportation, warehousing & utilities; healthcare & social assistance;
health care / social services; and
services. If a PMR is greater than 100 in the chart, it is elevated; if
less, it is said to be decreased. User may consult crosswalks for ICD10
and 2000 Census industry category codes
(Chronic Disease and Industry Categories).

When the number of deaths is less than or equal to three, PMRs are displayed, but the number of deaths is indicated by a dash.

PMRs are computed when the data for the population at risk are not available
and death rates cannot be computed. Thus the PMRs presented indicate
whether the proportion of deaths due to a specific cause appears to be high
or low for a particular industry compared to all industries.
The 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were
computed based on the Poisson distribution if the observed number of deaths
was 1000 or less; otherwise, test-based CIs were computed based on the
Mantel and Haenszel chi square test.

More information
about methods and limitations, source description and listings
of states, causes of death and industry codes and the authors' contact
information may be found at the main page.